Edith Belle Key

Brief Life History of Edith Belle

When Edith Belle Key was born on 20 June 1894, in Salem, Dent, Missouri, United States, her father, Elijah Henry Key III, was 44 and her mother, Arabelle Virginia Warfel, was 37. She married Oscar Mueller on 1 December 1910, in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1920 and East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1930. She died on 20 September 1930, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Hillsdale, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oscar Mueller
1887–1995
Edith Belle Key
1894–1930
Marriage: 1 December 1910
Aona Pearl Mueller
1911–2009
Julia Maxine Mueller
1914–1978
Mabel Dolores Mueller
1916–1999
Oscar Mueller
1921–1989
Virginia Kathleen Mueller
1924–2014
Edward Harold Mueller
1928–1928
Rosemary Mueller
1928–2025

Sources (16)

  • Edith Miller in household of Oscar Miller, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Edith Bell Mueller, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Edith Key, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

English, Irish, and German: variant of Kay .

Dutch: variant, archaic or Americanized, of Keij, from the personal name Kei(je), possibly a vernacular form of Cornelius , Nicolas or Gerrit (see Gerrits ). Compare De Kay .

Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 祁, see Qi 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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